Description

Operational Risk Manager

The Operational Risk Manager plays a key role in managing and overseeing operational risk activities within the organisation, supporting senior management and front office teams. This position contributes to maintaining a strong risk culture and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in a financial services context.

About the Company
Our client is a prominent organisation within the financial services sector, committed to fostering a strong risk culture and maintaining high standards of compliance. The company values proactive collaboration, rigorous risk management, and strategic oversight, providing a dynamic environment for professionals to develop and contribute to essential risk frameworks.

Role Overview
The Operational Risk Manager acts as a second line of defence risk partner, responsible for identifying, assessing, and challenging operational risks arising from business-as-usual activities, change initiatives, and strategic projects. The role involves leading core risk activities such as RCSA, scenario analysis, and issue remediation, while providing oversight on controls, policies, and incident management. Success in this role is demonstrated by effectively advising on risk appetite, delivering insightful risk MI, and promoting a strong risk culture through engagement and training.

Key Skills & Experience

• Manage operational risk activities within a financial services environment
• Act as a risk partner to senior management and front office teams
• Lead and support risk management processes such as RCSA, scenario analysis, and root cause analysis
• Advise on risk appetite, KRIs, and risk acceptances
• Provide oversight of controls, policies, and remediation plans
• Support change initiatives and strategic projects from a risk perspective
• Deliver risk MI, analysis, and insights to leadership forums

Nice to Have
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Key Responsibilities

• Act as a second line of defence risk partner to the Front Office and senior management
• Identify, assess, and challenge material operational risks across BAU activity, change, and strategic initiatives
• Lead and support core operational risk activities such as RCSA, scenario analysis, root cause analysis, and issue remediation
• Advise on risk appetite, KRIs, and risk acceptances
• Provide oversight and constructive challenge of controls, policies, and remediation plans
• Support new business, change initiatives, and strategic projects from a risk perspective
• Deliver clear risk MI, analysis, and insights to risk committees and leadership forums
• Oversee incident management, policy breaches, and business continuity planning
• Promote a strong risk culture through engagement and training

Requirements

• Right to work in the region
• Operational risk experience in financial services
• On-site work environment
• Employment for a minimum of 2 weeks starting from 30/07/2026

If you have the relevant skills and experience, please apply with an updated CV.